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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

One of the journals at Bismarck
strongly urges division upon the theory
that on admission as one state the capt.
tai would be likely to go further south,
while with two states, it would be con-
ceded to its present location without
much opposition. There are some loose
joints in this structure. The new rail
roads at Bismarck will make it more
accessible from the South, in fact, nearly
as much so as from large part of the
North, and in case of division will make
it still more palpably on the verge of
the North state both on the west and
southland jamestown, near the center
both geographically and in population
and with railroads reaching in all direc-
tons, will offer to duplicate the capitol
building at its own expense, and Bis
marck will find itself at great disad-
vantage. 1t may not be able to hold
the prize in any event, but its new con-
nections with the South will only be of
material advantage in case of con
tinued unity. -.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

THERE is hardly county in Dakota
that does not number among its citizens
men who have been prominent in the
affairs of this or some. foreign country,
or are noted for scholarship. They are
generally living quietly upon claims. or
engaged in business, without aspiring
to public life. For instance, in Wal
worth, one of the new regions, looking
after fiocks and herds, is JOSEPH w.
MCCLURE, who was governor of Mis-
souri, soon after the war, the last Repub-
lican who filled that position while
COnfederates were DISTINGUISHED. The
late congressman of the Evansville
Qnd) district now is building him a
home at Pierre. Near Hillsboro, among
the bonanza wheat growers, are the
brothers Won STEINwEuR, Heidelberg
men and barons in Germany. Gen.
WALKER, in the same vicinity, is a
Princeton man, and a score of others in
that section might be named among the
alumni of Eastern colIeges-all now
farmers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

AS TAXES are not levied on lands not
patented, some homesteaders are in
clined to defer proving up as long as
practicable, forgetting the seven-year
limit. Some parties have lately had
their entries Cancelled, as they did not
prove up before the seven years ex-
nirod
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

A LEADING newspaper champion of
division wants the people of South
Dakota to reflect that the hotter the
prohibition racket is made at the COM
ing fall election the colder statehood
and division are likely to be-" 1t in
sists that prohibition will defeat divis-
ion by disgusting those in favor of di-
vision and opposed to prohibition. The
view has the merit of originality, at
least. The inference would evidently be
that division and prohibition are polit-
zeal twins, having a common paternity
in the last legislature, and should not be
separated. 1t had been understood that
the local option vote was mainly de-
signed to prevent the division question
going by default, and amounting to
nothing through the failure of the voters
to come to the polls
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

A COLONY of about 200 people from
the borders of the Sea of Azov, in South
ern Russia, are locating in the western
part of Edmunds county. Their coun-
try is said to resemble California in eli
mate and productions, which they will
hardly find duplicated in their new
home, but they will not complain of its
monotony.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04
A POLITICAL POINT.

The sagacity of Mayor Edwards, of
Fargo, in political sense, is not to be
doubted. He has generally been cred
tied with adhering to the idea that Da-
kOta should be admitted as zone great
state" His less aStute Republican
brethren of the North have fallen in
with the senseless howl of the Camp
bellites of the South for division, on the
superstition that division meant two Re-
publican states with four Republican
senators, etc. But no one knows bet
ter than Edwards the exceed
ingly tenuouS character of Re
publican majOritieS in North
Dakota. AS rule the very elect who
have advocated straight Republican tao
tics and clean sweep have been
downed in the effort. This unreliability
the Argus eyes of the pOnderous major
have observed for many years. Dakota
undivided and it would certainly be Re-
publican, for one might as well expect
bananas to SprOut from the peak of
Mount st. Elias in Alaska as to see
Democratic aScendancy in GER
tain quarters of South Dakota.
But the election last fall
proved the susceptibility of North Da-
kota to Democratic work and argument
ment. Under the systematic canvass
made by Chairman Bangs of the terri
tOrlal central committee, assisted by
Hon. NJ. Ii. Day and friends of Secre-
tary Mccormack, result was achieved
which for a time alarmed the Republi-
can managers, and they raised the ever
convenient cry of fraud.
But S,031 Republican majority in
North Dakota is a matter that good
organization, several able newspapers
and an energetic canvass would effectu-
ally wipe out. In view of this proba-
bility the astute Republican politicians
of the North don't want division. They
know it means hopeless minority
in a very few years. But,
on the other hand, the Demo
Gratis have changed their minds since
last fall. Before that they would have
voted against division. Now you can
barely find one who is firmly set that
way. The Democrats will generally
vote for division on two grounds: First,
to divorce the pugilistic South from
them and eliminate source of con-
slant discord;, second, to lay
the groundwork for Democratic
state from Democratic territory. If
the present administration will make
reasonable effort to place itself en- rap
port with the working Democracy of the
north i'll this campaign, solid Demo-
cratic vote can be cast for division, and
to the Republicans will be given the
task of ''the one great Republican state''
and how to hold it to a defunct sectional
party.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

IT is understood that the railroad
commissioners of the Western states,
who are to meet in st. Paul this month.
will accept the courtesies of the rail-
roads and excurse to the big wheat fields
of the North. They will receive the
most cordial welcome, and be shown
bigger fields of blooming wheat than
they can find in any other part of the
country. June is perhaps the most
pleasant month to visit North Dakota.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

HOWEVER good may be the intentions
of Commissioner SPARKS in the adj
miniSuation of land matters, he will
never be a popular man i'll Dakota. He
may be credited with a sincere purpose
to keep the lands from falling into the
hands of spectators who will not be-
come bona fide residents and aid in de-
Veloping the country, but if he would
visit the territory or make study of
accessible facts, there would be less red
tape and fewer petty technicalitieS, that
SubSerye no good end and veX and ag-
gravate honest settlers needleSSly. AS
an Illustration, gray-haired old man a
few days ago went to one of the land
offices with his witnesses to prove up.
He had lived on his homestead five
years, had 120 acres in cultivation, with
good buildings and improvements.
When the catechiSm to which he was
subjected required exact statements of
dates of absences, acres broken each
year, bushels of each kind of crops, etc,
as he would not lie or guess, he failed to
have his proof accepted. The spirit of
the land laws is not subserved by this
sort of procedure, and it is unwise.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04
LIGHT WANTED.

Newspapers, Democratic as well as
others, need pabulum. Last year there
was a noticeable increase in Demo-
cratic weeklies in Dakota, but many of
flicker out altogether. The reason in
North Dakota is want of patronage
from the officials. In some of the large
places the offices are still filled by Re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

THERE is little exaggeration in the
statement that Dakota offers chances
for investment in farm lands not sur
p S. d in any quarter of the globe. In
the old world land of less productive
capacity is valued at several hundred
dollars an acre, and in the Eastern
states lands that do not sell for from
500 to 5000 an acre is accounted poor.
In California even larger figures are
common. In Illinois farm lands range
from $50 to S75 an acre. Richer and
more productive soil can be had in Da-
kota at from 81 to IS an acre. The diff
ference in accessibility to market has
become very small. The wheat of Da-
kota brings but a very few cents less in
the hands of the producer than does
that of Illinois. There is no question
that Dakota lands will, in few years,
bear but little less value than in Illinois
or Iowa.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04
EDITORIALLY EXPRESSED.

In ESTIMATES of population and
growth of the territory, figures gener-
ally take their proportion from the
temperament of the guesser, and the
statements put forth by quasi officials
are more noteworthy for rotundity than
precision. These put the immigration
for this year anywhere between 100000
and 100000, and the present total for
the use of a census taker from 100000
up. Two years ago this month the
most searching efforts of the enumera-
tors found but 10000 souls. A close
comparison of the census and vote at
the elections, gave as the population i'll
November of the following year, 1856,
about 4S5, 900. 1t is believed the open
ing up of new regions by railroads
will bring larger number of I'M
migrants this year than i'll either
of the two preceding years, and it
will be quite reasonable to count
on $4,000 by removal to the territory and
10000 by excess of births over deaths.
This will give at the close of 1887 the
splendid total of $4,000. Those who
like large figures can easily call it 600,-
UUU III TOunu HuilDeIS. ~ luo NiSitol
to only the older regions this estimate
of $4,000 newcomers will seem large.
There are no brass bands and special
trains to proclaim the advent of num-
bers. Colonies now need to go far west
or northwest to find sufficient vacant
land for settlement. a large New En-
gland one is finding more desirable
region than they expected far west of
the Missouri. \ colony of 800 Germans
is taking up land in or near Dickey
county land here and there other smaller
colonies may be found. The greater
number of new settlers now locate
among their friends in the older sections,
and are not so readily observed, but the
aggregates will generously fill the fig
nrpS Indicated
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

TITS given out that the combination
in the North, of which Col. PLUMdER
has been a sonOrous factor and spokes-
man, has determined that division will
best suit their purposes, and as an Incl
dent in their programme the puissant
colonel has been sent to the hot-bed of
anti-diviSion sentiment, Aberdeen, and
turned loose upon prominent newspa-
per there. He is now more voluble and
vehement for two states or territories
than he was for one in the North, and
he reports that the North is giving up
its opposition and will declare for divi-
sion. His new departure is significant,
chiefly as indicating the position of
powerful political syndicate in the
North.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-04

THE enforcement of the Indian sever
atty law by the president is an encour-
aging step toward the opening Of the
big reservations to settlement. but the
work will be found one requiring much
time. At the best, settlers cannot eX-
pect to be allowed to take up claims
there under two years. 1t may be re-
membered also that when the land does
come into market it will only be for
homesteads. While there is other just
IS good land available, it will not be
wise for those seeking homes or invest
ment to wait for these.
acknowledgements
THE leading paper of the fiat state
and HUGH CAMPBELL school of politics
advises against the celebration of the
Fourth of July in Dakota OH the ro-
mantle theory that the residents of ter
ritory ''suffer greater political oppres
sion than that which created the
Declaration of Independence" The
patriots of that early time complained
of being taxed and not represented in
the law-making body. The general
government does not tax anybody in Da-
kota any more than it did when they
lived in Minnesota or Iowa-and in fact
pays the governor, legislature, judges
and some other expenses that people in
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-27
THE NEW LICENSE ACT.

Following is the full text of an amend
ment to the License Act, which was passed
at the last session of the Legislature, and
approved February l, 1887:
SEC. 20. The County Auditor shall
from time to time deliver to the Sheriff as
many of such licenses as may be required,
and shall sign the same and charge them
to the Sheriff provided, that before sign
ing or delivering any license to Sheriff,
the Auditor shall fill out the license IN
full, stating therein to whom said license is
issued, the kind of business authorized to
be carried on under the license, the room,
building and place where the business is TO be
carried on, the dates when said license be-
gins and expires, and the amount of money
to be paid therefor, and shall at the same
time make entries of the same upon the
stubs in the license-book. Whenever any
license is returned, by the Sheriff, unsold,
the Auditor shall cancel and file the license,
and note the fact and date of such cancella-
tion upon the stubs thereof. No Board of
County Commissioners shall audit OF allow
any claim in favor of Sheriff until there
shall be filed with said Board the certified
statement of the Auditor that all settle.
ments required by the list Section of the
Act of which this is amendatory, have
been made by said Sheriff. The amount
of all licenses issued to the Sheriff and not
accounted for shall be deducted before any
claim shall be allowed to Sheriff. No
county shall be liable to the Auditor, other
than for his official salary, for any fees or
for any services required of him under this
Act.
The construction placed upon this
amendment is that all persons requiring
licenses shall apply to the Sheriff for the
same, giving in the application descrip-
tion Of the room or building in which the
business is to be carried on for which the
license is issued.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-27
AN ACT

TO REGULATE HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION, DANCE
HOUSES AND HOUSES WHERE BEER, WINE OIL
sPIRTrUoUs LIQUORS ARE SOLD.
The People OF the State, represents ted ir
Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol
Iowa:
SECTION /. ItshalT be unlawful for any
owner, or agent of any owner, or any
other person to keep any house of ilI-fame
or to let or rent fer any length OF time
whatever to any woman of ill.fame any
house, room or structure situated within
four hundred yards OF any schoolhouse OF
schoolroom used by any of the public
schools in the State Of Nevada.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
owner, or agent Of any owner. or any
other person TO keep, let or rentfor any
length of time. or at all. any house front.
ing on the principal business street or thor
oughfare Of any Of the towns Of this State
for the purposes Of prostitution, or for the
purpose of keeping any dsnce.house, or
house commonly called "hurdy- house, +"
or house where wine, beer or spirituous
liquors are sold or served by females or
female walters or attendants or when fe.
males are used or employed to attract or
solicit custom, nor shall any entrance or
exit way to any house referred to in this
section be made or used from the principal
business street or thoroughfare OF any oil
the towns OF this State.
SEC. 8. Any persons violating the pro.
visions Of Sections one or two OF this Act
shall be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor,
and on conviction, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars. nor more than
three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
in the County Jail not less than five nor
more than sixty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
Of the Court.
SEQ. 4. The provisions OF this Act
shall not apply to towns and cities now
incorporated.
SEC. 5. In the trial OF ell cases arising
under the provisions Of this Act, evidence
of general reputation shall be deemed
competent evidence ss to the question OF
the ill-fame of any house alleged to be
so kept, and TO the question of the ill.fame
OF such woman.
SEC. 6. II shall be the duty of the Dis.
trict Attorney and Sheriff OF each county
in this State to see that the provisions of
this ACT are strictly enforced and carried
into effect, and upon neglecting 80 to do,
they or either OF them shall be deemed
guilty OF misdeme eanor in Office, and may
be proceeded against as provided in SEQ
tions 63 aud 70 inclusive of an Act en-
titled "An Act relating to elections, ap-
proved March -. 1878.
SEC. T. This Act shall take effect and
be In force from and after the first day OF
May, 1887.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-27
RECORDING OF BIRTHS AMI
DEATHS.

An act of the Legislature, approved
March 20, 1887. provides that every person
who shall offciate at the birth of child
shall make record thereof, and within
three months after such birth shall make
and deliver to the Recorder of Deeds of
the county wherein the birth took place, a
certificate under his hand containing the
facts of such birth. 1t also provides that
every person who shall officiate at the
burial of any deceased person shall make
record thereof and within two weeks after
such death shall make and deliver, or send
by the due course of mail or express, or by
such other manner as will insure safe
transit, to the Recorder of Deeds of the
county wherein such death took place, d
certificate under his hand containing par
ticulars of such death. :,
All certificates of births and deaths shall
be filed and recorded by the Recorder in
book kept for that purpose, and the BOARD
of Commissioners of the several counties
shall provide blanks certificates, to be paio
for by the county, to be furnished to phy
sicians midwives and undertakers, to en-
able them to carry out and comply with
the requirements of the act
Failure to comply with the provisions
of the act is punishable by tine OF MOI
less than $50 nor more than $50 for eacf
ofiense, and wilfully making false Ger
tihcate of any birth or death is punishable
by fine not exceeding $500, or imprison
meet in the county Jail for any period no
exceeding six months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-27
MUST FILE CERTIFICATE AND
PUBLISH.
TApproved February 9, 1887. ]

SECTION l. Every partnership transact.
ing business in this State under ticticious
name, or a designation not showing the
names OF the persons interested as partners
In such business, must file with the Clerk
OF the county in which the said partner.
ship is carrying on business, q certificate
stating the names in full of all the men,
bers OF such partnership aud their places
OF residence, and publish the same once a
week for four consecutive weeks in news
paper published in the county, if there be
one, and If there be none in such county,
then in newspaper published in an adjoin.
ing county.
SEC. 2. The certificate filed with the
Clerk, as provided in Section one of this
Act, must be signed by the partners and
acknowledged before some officer author
lied to take the acknowledgment of con-
veyances of real property. Where the
partnership is hereafter formed, the certifi-
cate must be filed, and the publication
designated in that Section must be made
within one month after the formation of
the partnership, or within one month from
the time designated in the agreement of its
members for the commencement of the
partnership; where the partnership has
been heretofore formed, the certificate
must be filed and the publication made
within two months after the passage of
this Act. Persons doing business contrary
to the provisions of this Act, shall not
maintain any action upon, or on account of
any contracts made or transactions had il,
their partnership name, in any court of
this State, until they had first filed the
certificate and made the publication herein
required.
SEC. 8. On every change in the men,
bers of a partnership transacting basiness
in this State under fcticious name, or a
designation which does not show the names
of the persons interested as partners in it's
business, a new certificate must be filed
with the County Clerk and new publica-
tion made. as required in this Act, on the
formation of such partnership.
SEC. 4. Every County Clerk must keep
a register of the name of every such part
nership, and of each partner therein, and
he shall charge for each name so entered
the sum of twenty-five cents, to be col
lected as other fees. which shall be full
compensation for filing and registration.
Sec. 5. Copies of the entries of County
Clerk, as herein directed, when certified
by him, and afidavits Of publication as
herein directed, made by the printer, pub
Usher or chief clerk of newspaper, are
prima facie evidence of the facts therein
stated; provided, that this Act shall not
apply to any incorporation duly created
and existing under and by virtue of the
laws governing and providing for the crea-
ton of interpretations in this State, and
now engaged or hereafter to be engaged in
doing business in this State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-27
THE NEW LAND BILL.
[Approved March 5, 1871

SECTION l. Every person who has ap-
piled to the State of Nevada to purchase
any land from it, or who has contracted
with the State of Nevada for such pur-
chase, or who may hereafter apply to or
contract with the State of Nevada, in
good faith, for the purchase of any of its
public lands, and who has paid, or shall
pay to the proper State officers, the amount
of money requisite under such application
or contract, shall be deemed and held to
have the right to the exclusive possession
of the land described in such application or
contract; provided, no actual, adverse pos
session thereof existed in another at the
date of the application.
SEC. 2. Every person who has con,
tracted with the State of Nevada, in good
faith, to purchase any land from it. shall
| be entitled to maintain or defend any ac-
tion of law or equity concerning said land
or it's possession, which may be maintained
| or defended by persons who own land in
| fee, and every person who has applied or
NAV hereafter apply to the State of Ne
vada, in good faith, to purchase any land
from it, and has paid or shall pay the
amount of money which may he required
| under such application, to the proper State
officer, shall be deemed and held to have
the right to the exclusive possession of such
| land, and shall be entitled to maintain and
defend any action at law, or in equity,
concerning such land, or the possession
thereof, which may now be maintained or
defended by persons who own land in fee;
provided. no actual, adverse possession OF
such land existed in another at the date OF
such application.
SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act contained
shall be constl ued as to prevent any per,
son or persons from entering upon such
landsfor the purpose of prospecting for any
of the precious metals or to prevent the
free and economical working of any mine
which NAV be discovered thereon.